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Things I found myself saying more than once today

Posted on January 14, 2008
1. "How did this get sticky?"2. "No, sweetie, don't lick the toilet!"3. "See that white stuff? That's snow."

The pitch

Posted on January 11, 2008
Over the past week, we've been developing business ideas in my Venture Capital and the Technology Startup class. Today we had actual VCs come in and hear our pitches. Afterwards, our VC told me that he had a very similar idea pitched to him a few months ago, and our pitch was ten times better...

10 months

Posted on January 04, 2008
Dear K,Recently we got together with friends who we haven't seen in months. Their baby, who is two months older than you, had developed a ruglike head of hair since I had last seen him. His mom kept exclaiming that you look so different now. Really? I didn't think so...

I love winter term

Posted on January 03, 2008
Three weeks. One class. I get to devote my full brain to only ONE thing for three lovely weeks. Can we always have winter term?Last winter I took Negotiation Workshop. I thought I would pick up valuable career skills, and I did. I also got to take a hard look at how I communicate and present myself, learned strategies for improving, and gained confidence that I can get what I need without having to transform my personality...

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 01, 2008
2007 was life-changing and wonderful. 2008 will bring K's first birthday and my thirtieth; a new baby cousin for K; a taste of juggling work and family; and the end of law school, possibly accompanied by a long trip to India. Big year.My resolution is to make a new 101 in 1001 list (although it may be more like 30 in 365)...

Merry Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2007
Dispatch from the in-laws': K has a bad cough and is getting over a bout with diarrhea. Poor baby. He has been sleeping tons and barely eating. Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner is off because their grandkids are even worse off -- one just returned from the hospital after having pneumonia and now the other is sick...

Curtains for 2L

Posted on December 20, 2007
Whew. Done with my IP final. I don't think he'll be begging me to cowrite his next book, but it wasn't a complete bloodbath. I finished up early, in contrast to last week, when I was sprinting for the exam turn-in room at exactly 4:29. I had time to sell back my Con Law book, trudge through the Yard, hop a bus home, shovel the driveway, and still pick up K on time (thanks to fluffy snow and a neighbor with a snowblower who cleared the scraper bank for me)...

3L paper... And there was much rejoicing

Posted on December 19, 2007
We got email from the Dean today announcing changes to the written work policy.Harvard only has two real requirements for graduation, aside from completing 1L and taking the requisite number of credits. One is the astoundingly easy to meet pro bono requirement...

Capital losses can only be deducted against ordinary income up to $3,000 per year

Posted on December 18, 2007
I had a heck of a time getting to my Tax final. I drove to school, only to find that the former street parking spots had turned into giant piles of snow. All the cars were either plowed in or were giant SUVs parked on top of the giant piles of snow. I turned around, went home, chased a bus down the street, caught the next bus, walked to school from Harvard Square...

Why I love my father

Posted on December 13, 2007
Last weekHim: What do you want for Christmas?Me: I could really use some nice woolen socks.Him: Woolen socks? What are you, a house-elf?Last nightMy mother: What do you want for Christmas?My father: She said she wanted socks.Her: Socks?? That's not a gift...

One down, two to go

Posted on December 12, 2007
Took my first final yesterday. Hours allotted: 8Hours I needed: 9.5Page limit: 10Pages written: 8What I brought to eat: An apple, an orange, nuts, and cheeseWhat I actually ate: Cheese, a donut, two cookies and a hamburgerLeast useful note I took on my first pass through: Brown...

I am going to GET that camera...

Posted on December 11, 2007
...and I am going to EAT IT UP!

9 month appointment

Posted on December 10, 2007
Height: 28 inches. ("You're tall!" I said to K. "He's not a giant," observed the doctor.) 40th percentile.Weight: 19 pounds. Down to the 25th percentile. Gained 2 1/2 pounds since the last appointment, so the doctor said it was fine.Head: I forget the percentage, but big head...

She'll have to change the name of her blog

Posted on December 08, 2007
Congratulations to Proto Attorney (who has posted FOUR TIMES in the past two days, pausing in between to give birth)!

Study tip: Law in a Flash!

Posted on December 06, 2007
"Are those flashcards?" someone said to me the other day. "I used to use flashcards all the time. I haven't seen anyone using them in forever!" another person chimed in. "I wish I was organized enough to make flashcards," said a third person. "Did you type those?"Are you kidding me? Law in a Flash, people! I have used these for practically every class, plus the MPRE...

My Wednesday

Posted on December 05, 2007
Woke up with K, did the normal baby morning things.Left early to go to a PON forum. Russell Korobkin talked about a study he conducted where first-year law students did a mock settlement negotiation. He was trying to figure out what influenced the result in a controlled environment where neither person had any negotiation experience or training...

Standup baby

Posted on December 03, 2007
K is STANDING UP! Not holding on to anything. All by himself! He can only stand for a couple of seconds, but he is up on his own. He squats on his hands and feet, slowly rises into the air, and then waves his arms around until he collapses back down agan...

Women in Law book club: Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office by Lois Frankel

Posted on December 01, 2007
PTLawMom came up with the idea for this book club after a discussion about whether women need to act like men to succeed in the workplace. Lois Frankel sidesteps this question by telling her readers to "quit bein' a girl." PTLawMom found this patronizing, but I like it: she's not talking about being someone we're not (a man), but instead telling us to act like the adults we are...

Ham

Posted on November 30, 2007
We were talking with friends about how we would describe our babies' personalities. I said K was playful and curious. JW added, "He's a ham." K has discovered that cocking his head makes strangers coo and do it back to him. He now does this to everyone he meets...

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